Lynch v. Cannatella

Full title: ERROL LYNCH, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. JOSEPH S. CANNATELLA, JR.…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Nov 28, 1988

860 F.2d 651 (5th Cir. 1988)

Opinion

No. 87-3501. Summary Calendar.

November 28, 1988.

Nicolas Estiverne, Nicolas Estiverne Assoc., New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Norman A. Mott, III, Partee, Waldrip, Mott, Tynan Evans, New Orleans, La., for Harbor Police.

Kendall Vick, Trial Atty., Chief Counsel, New Orleans, La., for Cannatella.

David A. Paysse, Paysse McGuckin, New Orleans, La., for Pike Shipping.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Before GEE, RUBIN, and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

For the reasons stated in the district court opinion,¹ the judgment is AFFIRMED. While the appeal has no arguable merit, we take into account counsel's confessed inexperience and asserted good faith and therefore DENY the motion to impose sanctions.

1 ___ F.R.D. ___ (E.D.La. 1988).